Aster furcatus E.S.Burgess
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Authority
Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.
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Family
Asteraceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Species Description - Rhizomatous, 3–8 dm, usually without tufts of basal lvs; stem puberulent above; lvs thick and firm, scabrous above, ± densely spreading-hairy across the surface beneath, serrate with mucronulate teeth, the lower petiolate, ovate (often narrowly so), acuminate, with cordate base, 6–15 × 3–8 cm, often deciduous, the middle and upper ones rather gradually reduced, often with winged laciniate petiole, eventually sessile and lanceolate or lance-elliptic; infl corymbiform, flat or round-topped, with few and rather leafy bracts; invol 7–10 mm, its bracts firm, well imbricate, often puberulent, mostly obtuse or rounded, very shortly green-tipped, the outer 1–2 mm wide and not over 2.5 times as long; rays 9–18, white, or becoming lilac or rosy in age, rarely so when young, 8–15 mm; 2n=18. Woods; s. Mich. and s. Wis. to s. Ind. and s. Mo. and nw. Ark.
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Common Names
midwestern white heart-leaved aster